Day in Pictures - November 5, 2012

Komori Brooks (right), 7, joins the Ross Elementary second grade class in chanting "Get out and vote!" from the curb at the intersection of Ross Road and Shelby Drive. The school used the November 6th election to reinforce their recent studies of the role of government and citizens in their social studies class and stress the importance of voting without endorsing candidates. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

A woman working in the room where Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will speak election night is silhouetted against a lighted campaign sign near the stage at the Boston Convention Center in Boston, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Peruvian shamans bless President Barack Obama using a poster of him during a ritual to predict the winner of the U.S. presidential election in Lima, Peru, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. The shamans routinely predict outcomes for elections and sporting events, and on Monday predicted Obama will win. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Behind a fence, workers with ABI Inc. work on inaugural stand construction in advance of the presidential inauguration, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Early voters cast their absentee ballots at the Minneapolis City Hall under the watchful eye of the statue "Mississippi" on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Minneapolis. About 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)